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AP Headline News - Jul 08 2024 09:00 (EDT)
This is AP News. I'm Rita Falley. Category one hurricane barrel slammed onto the Texas coast near Matagorda early this morning, knocking out power canceling flights and closing some roads around Houston. Hurricane barrel strengthened before the center made landfall near Matagorda, Texas on the Gulf Coast with maximum winds of 80 miles an hour early this morning. We're on the dirty side of the hurricane, the toughest side. While the storm is forecast to lose strength over land in Houston, Harris County Judge Lena Hidalgo cautioned residents. It's going to be wet. It's going to be windy and it's going to be dangerous. Audio courtesy KTRK, Mark Richardson at the coastal community of Freeport, Texas, says the rain has people concerned. The flooding is a big issue. If it stalls out and it hangs around because even not stalling out, we're in an area where it's supposed to be like eight to 10 inches of rain. I'm Jennifer King. President Biden says he's running for re-election, but Democrats are increasingly divided after his bad debate night on NBC's Meet the Press. Congressman Adam Schiffs can't he demonstrate to the American people that would happen on the debate stage was an aberration that he can and will beat Donald Trump. Pennsylvania Senator John Federman is cheering him on. Joe Biden has held every line, every line to wars, a pandemic. Look at our economy. I'm Jackie Quinn, a big Russian missile attack across Ukraine killed at least 28 people this morning with one missile hitting a children's hospital in the Capitol Keve, say officials, where emergency crews have been searching the rubble for casualties. The Justice Department says Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two deadly crashes of 737 max jet liners. Is college worth it? Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college. Gallup released the new poll results. This is AP news. An Oscar winning producer behind some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters has died. The AP's Haya Pangewani, John Landau, an Oscar winning producer who worked closely with director James Cameron on Titanic and the Avatar series has died. He was 63. No cause of death was given. Landau's partnership with Cameron led to three Oscar nominations in a best picture win for 1997's Titanic. Together, the pair account for some of the biggest block including Avatar and its sequel Avatar the Way of Water. The trio of films are among the highest grossing movies of all time. In a statement, Cameron says Landau, quote, will be remembered as much for his vast generosity of spirit as for the movies themselves, unquote. I'm Haya Pangewani. Overseas criminals are stealing billions from Americans every year, says the AARP. I'm Rita Foley AP News. An official message for Medicare. A new law is helping me save more money on prescription drug costs. Maybe you can save too. With Medicare's Extra Health Program, my premium is zero. Am I out of pocket costs or low? Who should apply? Single people making less than twenty three thousand dollars a year or married couples who make less than thirty one thousand dollars a year. Even if you don't think you qualify, it pays to find out. Go to ssa.gov/extrahelp. Paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.